Eisenhower Cabinet Team Signals Unity and Conflict
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower rounds out his transition team as he moves toward a harmony goal among rival GOP wings. Key picks include Taft and Dewey backers shaping a middle course, with Dulles and Benson tapped for top posts, while inflation and domestic controls loom as the major immediate challenge.
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Dulles
Dewey
Eisenhower
Joan Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
New York
Houston
Tech
Texas
George E. Humphrey
Taft
Ohioan
Congress
Foreign policy urges UN aid for Korea
Premier Yoshida cites firm belief in democracy led Japan's policy and calls for full cooperation with the United Nations to ensure a successful Korea outcome. Israeli Foreign Minister Sharett condemns anti-Semitic overtones in Prague treason trials, saying history has judged regimes that scapegoated Jews.
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Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Moshe Shareit
Israel
Prague
Intra party clash foreshadows Taft Eisenhower split on Capitol Hill
The piece outlines a likely January struggle within the GOP between Sen. Robert Taft Ohio and an internationalist Eisenhower wing over foreign policy and domestic issues notably the Taft Hartley labor law. Observers expect a push to rewrite or scrap Taft Hartley with Rep. McConnell leading potential reforms. Eisenhower urged amendments rather than total junking.
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Capitol Hil
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohioan
Republican 3Rd Congress
Taft- Hartley
Republican Party
House Labor Committee
Rep
McConnell
Rpa
Gen
Abilene
Europe
Red threats loom in the Middle East as Communists mobilize
An analysis warns that the Middle East is a rich target for Communist influence. It notes Iran's Tudeh party nearing power, anti Jewish sentiment in Prague trials fueling Arab opposition, and Iraqi riots aiding Soviet propaganda. Egypt's Naguib regime shows fragile control while US efforts to counter Red influence rely on diplomacy and information service outreach.
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Middle East
Russia
Free World
Far East
Tn Thie
Iran
Radio
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tel Aviv
Traq
Baghdad
U.S. Information Office
U.S. Information Service
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Suez Canal
Sudan
United States
Detectives Find Bookmaking HQ Near Police Academy
In New York detectives uncovered a bookmaking headquarters doing about 4000 dollars in daily business just feet from the Police Academy. In Hove England five Sussex Ghost Hunters studied a 200 year old haunted mansion with radar but found no ghosts. In London monitors of Radio Moscow picked up a Soviet claim that a Russian scientist found a cure for rheumatism using mirrors to reject light and heat from the sun.
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New York
Police Academy
Hove
England
Sussex Ghost Hunters
London
Radio Moscow
Eisenhower Victory and Global Postwar Affairs Highlight November
November recounts Eisenhower’s presidential win with Nixon, GOP gains in Congress, and global events from Britain’s Parliament opening to Korean War developments. Key figures include Truman, Churchill, Mauriac, Weizmann, and Dulles shaping postwar policy amid North Korea ceasefire talks and domestic political shifts.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
GOP
Senate
House
Wake
Midway
Hawaii
Aleutians
Triangle Hill
Moscow
U.N
Truman
Eisenhower
White House
Gov. Stevenson
Democratic Party
Edward Miles
Harvard
Felix Bloch
Stanford
Francois Mauriac
U.S
United Nations
Saga
Korea
South Africa
Tait
Supreme Court
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Wilhelm’ Schepmann
Hitler
Storm Troopers
Lower Saxony
Britain
Bermuda
NATO
Akihito
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Bureau of the Budget
Controversy over dirty book covers prompts hearings
A House committee led by Rep. Gathings of Arkansas probes the sale of objectionable pocket books and magazines. Law bans obscene material from malls and interstate shipments but not all distribution. Hearings in Washington will gather testimony from citizens groups the Post Office and distributors.
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Halcyon
Nebie
Police Gazette
Gathings
Arkansas
Congress
New Mexico
Washington
Post Ofice Department
Korea War Turns on U N Split Over Prisoner Plan
The piece analyzes U S Britain rift over Indias prisoner of war proposal to form a four power commission with Poland Czechoslovakia Switzerland and Sweden to repatriate prisoners and set terms after 90 days for a political conference. It notes Soviet opposition and the risk of wider Asian conflict if any power intervenes. It also discusses Eisenhower’s cautious stance and potential actions to resolve the war.
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United Nations
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Ussr
U.S
Britain
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
U.N
India
Eisenhower
Korean
Global Cold War Snapshots Across Nations
State Department estimates 491 Communist divisions on hostile borders. Commerce says US foreign aid exceeds 87 billion dollars over 12 years with about 11 billion repaid. Indochina rail supply, UN Korea relief plan of 70 million. Alger Hiss parole denial. West Germany trade controls relinquished by US Britain France. AFL elects George Meany. Mau Mau surge in Kenya. 125 Allied air bases in Western Europe.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Yaison
Hisenhower
New York
Robert A. Taft
Rep
Joseph Martin
Taft
John Foster Dulles
Charles B. Wilson
General Motors
Defense
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Pentagon
Korea
George M. Humphrey
Sen
the Treasury
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
William Green
APL
Britain
U.S
Air Force
Alaska
India
U.S. Information Office
Baghdad
Ezra Taft Benson
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
George Meany
AFL
Arthur
Summerfield
Oveta Culp Hobby
Federal Security Agency
Ivy Baker Priest
State Department
Commerce Department
United States
U.S. Defense
Indochina
Fom
Red
China
United Nations
Alger Hiss
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
France
West Germany
The
Union
Oliver Lyttelton
House of Commons
Kenya
Europe
Italy
Norway
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Ana Pauker
Nur Aldin Mahmoud
Algeria
Libya
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
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Atelantic City
American Medical Association
Denver
Congress of American Industry
Communist “Peace” Congress
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Pearl Harbor
Joseph M. Dodge
Philip Murty
Astern Front
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Trygve Lie
High Court of Parliament
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Horder
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Greece
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Ethel Rosenberg
Cleciup
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